Editing Paradox (database) (section)

{{Short description|Relational database management system}}
'''Paradox'''<ref name=Ansa695.NYT85>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/23/business/new-ansa-program-stirs-high-hopes.html
   |title=New ANSA program stirs high hopes
   |author=David E. Sanger  |date=September 23, 1985  |accessdate=July 14, 2019}}</ref> is a [[relational database management system]] currently published by [[Corel Corporation]].

It was originally released for [[MS-DOS]] by Ansa Software, and then updated by [[Borland]] after it bought the company. In mid 1991 Borland began the process to acquire [[Ashton-Tate]] and its competing
dBase product line;<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/14/business/making-a-difference-from-bad-boy-to-big-business.html
   |title=Making a Difference; From Bad Boy to Big Business
   |author=Lawrence M. Fisher  |date=July 14, 1991  |accessdate=July 14, 2019}}</ref> A Windows version was planned for release by Borland in 1992, but was delayed until January 1993, by which time [[Microsoft Access|Microsoft's Access for Windows]] was available.<ref name=ParaWait.NYT>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/31/business/the-executive-computer-paradox-for-windows-worth-the-wait.html
   |title=The Executive Computer; Paradox for Windows: Worth the Wait?
   |author=Peter H. Lewis  |date=January 31, 1993  |accessdate=July 14, 2019}}</ref> It was last updated in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WordPerfect Office – Patches and Updates|url=https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/216778917-WordPerfect-Office-Patches-and-Updates|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Knowledge Base|language=en-US}}</ref>